Secretariat of Health (Mexico)
# Secretariat of Health (Mexico)

The Secretariat of Health (Spanish: Secretaría de Salud) is the government department in charge of all social health services in Mexico, and an integral part of the Mexican health system. The Secretary of Health is a member of the Executive Cabinet and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic.

In recent years, the Secretary of Health has played a more restricted role, as many of its functions have been transferred to the corresponding institutions of the individual Mexican States.

## List of recent Secretaries of Health

| Name | Term | President of Mexico |
| - | - | - |
| Jorge Alcocer Varela | 2018–present | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| José Narro Robles | 2016–2018 | Enrique Peña Nieto |
| Mercedes Juan López | 2012–2016 | Enrique Peña Nieto |
| Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg | 2012 | Felipe Calderón |
| José Ángel Córdova Villalobos | 2006–2012 | Felipe Calderón |
| Julio Frenk | 2000–2006 | Vicente Fox Quezada |
| José Antonio González Fernández | 1999–2000 | Ernesto Zedillo |
| Juan Ramón de la Fuente | 1994–1999 | Ernesto Zedillo |
| Jesús Kumate Rodríguez | 1988–1994 | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
| Guillermo Soberón Acevedo | 1982–1988 | Miguel de la Madrid |

The sociologist Asa Cristina Laurell is a former Undersecretary of Integration and Development at the Secretariat.

